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CVE-2025-10922VulnerabilityPublished Updated

Red Hat Security Advisory: gimp:2.8 security update

Affects Red Hat gimp:2.8Source GCVE Database

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Mentioned vulnerabilities

Not known to be exploited.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026, 15:50 UTC

Severity
High

Rated by Threat Radar · No CVSS score from NVD or the CNA

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 5 Jan 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 5 Nov 2026.

What to do

AI-suggested

Red Hat has released updated gimp 2.8 packages (version 2.8.22-26.module+el8.8.0+23742+afc45a52.4) that fix these vulnerabilities. Users of affected Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 systems should apply the security update as detailed in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2026:0027 and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigation steps are indicated or required beyond applying the official update.

Description

Two heap-based buffer overflow vulnerabilities in GIMP 2.8's DCM and XWD file parsing components could allow remote code execution. These issues are addressed in a security update provided by Red Hat for their Enterprise Linux 8.8 distributions. The vulnerabilities are rated as having important security impact by Red Hat, with a high severity classification in the source data. No CVSS score is provided in the advisory. The update fixes these vulnerabilities in the gimp 2.8.22-26 module packages.

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